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Commons Sitting of 11 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. NORTHAMPTON BILL [Lords] 6 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRANSPORT
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1. Pedestrians (Casualties) 502 words
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2. Traffic (Central London) 1,022 words
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3. Roads 384 words
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4. British Rail 710 words
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5. Road Crossings 188 words
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6. Crowlas Bypass 228 words
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7. Wheel Clamping 490 words
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8. Driving Instructors 158 words
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9. Inner Cities 216 words
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10. Public Transport (London) 341 words
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11. Ferry Crews 414 words
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12. Coach Safety 393 words
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13. Minibus Services 272 words
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14. Waste Imports 195 words
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15. Road Bridges 151 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Birmingham Pub Bombings 866 words
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2. "Spycatcher" 397 words
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3. Landlord and Tenant Laws 149 words
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4. North Report 282 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Overseas Aid (Education Projects) 303 words
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2. Joint Funding Scheme 552 words
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3. Aid Donors 993 words
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5. Housing Action Trusts 3,533 words
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6. Type 23 Frigates (Orders) 6,300 words
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7. Points of Order 361 words
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1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 366 words
8. Orders of the Day
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1. European Communities (Finance) Bill 47,135 words, 2 divisions
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1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
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2. European Communities (Finance) Bill [Money] 4,437 words, 1 division
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3. Rate Support Grant (Scotland) 13,403 words, 1 division
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4. Court of Session Bill [Lords] 20 words
1. New clause 1
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1. RESTORATION OF POSSESSION AND SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 1,826 words
2. New Clause 2
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1. SPECIFIC RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED IN INTERDICT PROCEEDINGS 86 words
3. Schedule 2
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1. REPEALS 133 words
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4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 59 words
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5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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1. LAND DRAINAGE 24 words
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2. FORESTRY 20 words
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3. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) 19 words
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4. FISH FARMING 27 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 18 words
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1. ROADWORTHINESS TESTING 81 words
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5. Science and Mathematics Teachers 3,516 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisoners (Life Sentences) 180 words
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2. Television 112 words
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3. Risley Remand Centre 83 words
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4. Suspects (Naming) 56 words
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5. Aliens (New College, Cardiff) 125 words
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6. Armley Prison 519 words
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7. Abortion (Carlisle) 112 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. South Africa 71 words
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2. Iranian Airliner 386 words
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3. Iran-Iraq War 110 words
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4. Aircraft Identification 68 words
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5. US Rules of Engagement (Persian Gulf) 62 words
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6. Charities (VAT) 83 words
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7. Civil Servants 55 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Birmingham Pub Bombings 166 words
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2. Birmingham Pub Bombings 83 words
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3. Sunday Trading 130 words
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4. Director of Public Prosecutions 73 words
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5. Irish Republic (Extradition) 221 words
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6. Gloucester United Schools' Charity 44 words
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7. Government Employees (Security) 67 words
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8. Family Courts 58 words
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9. Children and Young Persons Act 1986 45 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Nicaragua 47 words
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2. Sri Lanka 154 words
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3. Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation 72 words
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4. Aid Donors (OECD) 82 words
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5. Kampuchea 59 words
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6. Aid (Priorities) 83 words
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7. Afghanistan 140 words
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8. UNESCO 98 words
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9. Ethiopia 110 words
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10. Export Diversification 109 words
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11. Tanzania 74 words
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12. European Community Aid 134 words
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13. Agricultural Diversification 154 words
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14. Immunisation 87 words
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15. Poorest Nations 123 words
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16. Renewable Natural Resources 110 words
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17. Lomé Convention 71 words
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18. Aid Donors 117 words
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19. Developing Commonwealth Countries 49 words
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20. Commonwealth Youth Programme 83 words
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21. Voluntary Agencies 293 words
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22. AIDS 315 words
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23. Third World (Aid) 127 words
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24. Somalia 67 words
5. THE ARTS
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1. Libraries 70 words
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2. Items in Lieu of Tax 206 words
6. THE ARTS
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1. British Library 373 words
7. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Debtor Nations 282 words
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2. Productivity 61 words
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3. Consumer Credit 38 words
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4. Public Corporations 138 words
8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Charities (Payroll-giving) 109 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Nuclear Power Stations 66 words
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2. Electricity Supply Industry 58 words
10. WALES
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1. Waste Disposal 190 words
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2. Pollution Inspectorate 391 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Special Educational Needs 343 words
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2. Wild Birds (Poisoned Bait) 407 words
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3. Hooded Crows 57 words
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4. Scottish Health Service Planning Council 80 words
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5. Women's Refuges 43 words
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6. Coastal Waters (Pollution) 123 words
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7. Smoke Detectors 115 words
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8. Afforestation 69 words
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9. Departmental Advertising 96 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Students (Finance) 180 words
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2. Education Reform 323 words
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3. Information (Leak) 74 words
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4. University Technicians (Pay) 81 words
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5. Free School Meals 86 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Farm Woodland Scheme 44 words
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2. Cereals 75 words
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3. Beef 431 words
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4. Common Agricultural Policy 168 words
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5. New Zealand (Butter Exports) 89 words
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6. Monomorium Pharaonis 162 words
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7. Quangos and Trading Funds 73 words
14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Electronics Industry 110 words
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2. Single European Market 317 words
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3. Cement 236 words
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4. Post Office 311 words
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5. Companies Registration Offices 67 words
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6. Quangos and Trading Funds 70 words
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7. Single European Market 307 words
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8. MVDS/MMDS 114 words
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9. National Engineering Laboratory 289 words
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10. Research Establishments 102 words
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11. Rover Group 132 words
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12. Scotch Whisky (Japan) 203 words
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13. Professional Liability 130 words
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14. British Steel Corporation 105 words
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15. Charges 773 words
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16. Barlow Clowes 100 words
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17. Electric Plugs 112 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Sheep (Radioactivity) 45 words
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2. Portavogie Road, Ballyhalbert (Flooding) 61 words
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3. Moat Road, Ballyhalbert (Animals) 183 words
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4. Housing Benefit 58 words
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5. Income Support 66 words
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6. Cost Limits 69 words
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7. Housing Executive 254 words
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8. Homelessness 163 words
16. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 527 words
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2. Higher Education Initiative 153 words
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3. Community Programme (Liverpool) 182 words
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4. Employment Training (Merseyside) 202 words
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5. Channel Tunnel 85 words
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6. Retirement Age 112 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Canary Wharf 99 words
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2. EC Water Directives 177 words
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3. Water Quality 123 words
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4. Waste Tips 110 words
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5. Toxic Waste (Imports) 147 words
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6. Waste Management Papers 138 words
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7. Land Wastes Division (Staff) 185 words
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8. Energy Efficiency 194 words
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9. Television Monitor Annunciators (Palace of Westminster) 105 words
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10. Waste (Imports) 94 words
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11. Pollution Inspectorate 85 words
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12. Housing Action Trusts 122 words
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13. Local Government Superannuation Scheme 136 words
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14. Water Companies (Share Capital) 111 words
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15. Council Estates 233 words
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16. London Docklands (Alternative Housing) 180 words
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17. Housing Association Rehabilitation Schemes 86 words
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18. Housing Associations (Merseyside) 79 words
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19. Domestic Waste 44 words
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20. GLC Heritage Collection 90 words
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21. County Hall Site 55 words
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22. Waste Disposal 90 words
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23. Local Government Finance Bill 58 words
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24. Regional Rivers Advisory Committees 120 words
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25. Water Industry (Conservation Offices) 58 words
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26. Water Industry Reorganisation 563 words
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27. Pharaoh's Ants 132 words
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28. HIP and Council House Sales 928 words
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29. London City Airport (Jet Aircraft) 120 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. INF Treaty 117 words
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2. Trawlers (Submarine Damage) 71 words
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3. Gibraltar Shootings 331 words
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4. Project Al Yamamah 183 words
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5. United States Forces 102 words
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6. Plastic Bullets (Northern Ireland) 294 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Child Abuse 492 words
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2. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 124 words
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3. "Look After Your Heart" Campaign 284 words
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4. Pensioner Organisations 44 words
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5. Nurses' Pay 150 words
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6. Family Credit 51 words
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7. Benefits 80 words
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8. Departmental Staff 88 words
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9. Hearing Aids 85 words
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10. Restraint Garments (Moss Side Special Hospital) 92 words
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11. Pension Age 50 words
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12. Carers 78 words
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13. Women Doctors 162 words
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14. AIDS 464 words
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15. Social Security Appeals 223 words
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16. Friars House (Security) 94 words
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17. Residential Homes 185 words
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18. Consultants 61 words
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19. Listeria 287 words
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20. New College, Cardiff (National Insurance) 124 words
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21. Junior Doctors 119 words
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22. Women's Refuges 79 words
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23. Laparoscopy 47 words
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24. Well Woman Clinics 41 words
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25. Endometriosis 68 words
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26. Severe Disablement Allowance 180 words
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27. Social Fund 786 words
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28. Reflex Anal Dilatation Test 95 words
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29. Parental Rights and Responsibilities 267 words
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30. Supplementary Benefit and Income Support 65 words
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31. Kensington (Expenditure and Benefit) 50 words
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32. Abortion (Carlisle) 403 words
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33. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome 665 words
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34. Family Spending Power 3,805 words
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35. Ear, Nose and Throat Patients 305 words
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36. Sole Traders (Accounts) 247 words
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37. Single Payments 179 words
20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Conventional Force Reductions and Human Rights 94 words
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2. Disarmament 185 words
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3. Iran-Pakistan (Nuclear Co-operation) 407 words
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4. Fiji 174 words
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5. Israel 47 words
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6. Security Services 68 words
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7. El Salvador 165 words
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8. Helsinki Final Act 2,919 words
21. TRANSPORT
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1. British Rail (Privatisation) 40 words
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2. Speed Limits 107 words
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3. "Reviving the Railways" 114 words
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4. Waterstock-Wendlebury Motorway 42 words
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5. Singapore (Air Services) 271 words
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6. Ferry Safety 70 words
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7. Cross-Channel Ferries 41 words
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8. Freight Facility Grants 54 words
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9. M1 89 words
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10. Bridges 205 words
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11. Commuter Services 97 words
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12. Children (Car Safety) 92 words
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13. Channel Tunnel (Customs Clearance) 98 words
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14. Heathrow (Access Routes) 39 words
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15. Motorway Speed Limits 72 words
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16. North Report 52 words
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17. Roads (Devon) 147 words
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18. Traffic Flows 109 words
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19. British Rail (Customs Clearance) 27 words
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20. Integrated Ticketing 89 words
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21. London Regional Transport 232 words
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22. King's Cross Inquiry 50 words
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23. British Rail Engineering Ltd 54 words
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24. Bus Fares 187 words
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25. Settle-Carlisle Railway 212 words
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26. Violent Crime (London) 207 words
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27. Air Travel 125 words
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28. Ro-ro Ferries 111 words
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29. M5 48 words
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30. Oxford-London Train Services 48 words
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31. British Rail (Service Quality) 198 words
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32. London Underground (Pest Control) 44 words
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33. Motorway Driving 47 words
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34. Road Haulage 74 words
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35. Driving Licences 48 words
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36. Road Accidents 434 words
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37. Channel Tunnel 40 words
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38. Drinking and Driving 279 words
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39. Reverse in Safety Campaign 220 words
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40. Woolwich Ferry 76 words
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41. Cycle Routes 130 words
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42. A27 (Arundel Bypass) 68 words
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43. London Underground (Fires) 71 words
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44. A27 96 words
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45. Motorways (Capacity) 163 words

Lords Sitting of 11 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. Preamble 27 words
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2. Balance of Payments 1,436 words
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3. Climate: Greenhouse Effect 761 words
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4. Food and Farming Year 1989 548 words
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5. Radio Authority: Proposal 261 words
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6. Solicitors (Scotland) Bill 12 words
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7. Housing Bill 46,456 words
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8. Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 7,872 words
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9. Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988 372 words
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10. Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations 1988 35 words
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11. Environmental Assessment (Salmon Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1988 33 words
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12. Land Drainage Improvement Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 220 words
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13. Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 33 words
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14. Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 33 words
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15. Landlord and Tenant Bill [H.L.] 6 words
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16. Access to Medical Reports Bill 9 words
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17. Environment and Safety Information Bill 9 words
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18. Malicious Communications Bill 9 words
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19. Protection against Cruel Tethering Bill (formerly Horses, Ponies and Donkeys (No. 2) Bill) 9 words
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20. Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 11 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. FIREARMS LEGISLATION 97 words
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2. DNA EVIDENCE FOR IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS 60 words
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3. ST. WILFRID'S CHURCH, BRIGHTON: USE FOR FLATS 136 words
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4. DISABILITY: SURVEY REPORTS 101 words
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5. GCSE SYLLABUS MATERIAL 160 words
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6. GREY SEALS AND SALMON STOCKS 278 words
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7. CAR SECURITY 144 words
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8. EUROPEAN AIRSPACE CONGESTION 271 words
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9. KATYN MASSACRE 100 words
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10. NORTHERN IRELAND GRANT-AID 104 words